American
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magazine editor.
She was promoted to editor in chief of '' W,'' a fashion magazine, in 2019. Her appointment stirred vigorous scrutiny and discussion, with ''
The New York Times
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'' article about her being entitled ''"The Most Watched Editor at Fashion Week"''.
Early life
Moonves's father,
Les Moonves
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, was a television executive, and ''The New York Times'' described her childhood as being surrounded by celebrities. It reported that future actor
Jonah Hill
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was a good friend. Moonves has a younger brother, Michael, who was born in 1988. Moonves is
Jewish
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. Her parents divorced in 2004, and her father eventually remarried Julie Chen Moonves, host of The Talk and Big Brother. She also has a younger half-brother, Charlie, who was born in 2009.
She attended high school in
Los Angeles
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at the
Harvard-Westlake school
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and earned a degree in journalism from the
New York University
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Gallatin School of Individualized Study
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.
Career in publishing
Moonves interned at ''
Vogue
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Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** '' Vogue Adria'', a fashion magazine for former Yugoslav countries
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ' ...
'' magazine, another fashion magazine, during her studies, and was hired there, after her graduation. She left ''Vogue'', from 2010 to 2013, to follow Sally Singer, a senior editor who had mentored her, who had been hired to become editor of '' T: The New York Times Style Magazine''.
She followed Singer back to ''Vogue'' to become a contributing fashion editor.
''W'' magazine hired her as Style director, in 2017. On June 25, 2019,
Condé Nast
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sold ''W'' to Future Media, and Moonves replaced the previous editor,
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In March 2022, he launched Palmer, a luxury media brand, with Michael J Berman, co-founder of George magazine.
He served as consulting chie ...
.
On March 25, 2020, Moonves laid off most employees. Employees in the online department were remaining, but at reduced salaries. Her boss, Marc Lotenberg, CEO of Future Media, said the magazine had to be put into ''"survival mode"'', because ''“ e bottom has dropped out of the luxury market.”''
On August 14, 2020, ''W'' magazine was acquired by a group of new investors. They retained Moonves as editor in chief. ''
Daily Front Row
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